jonco - 11-1-2010 at 12:42
Hi,
Just continuing my previous topic, there are other chemicals I'm interested in obtaining.
Does anyone know where I can buy glyoxylic acid (monohydrate or in solution) or sodium borohydride in the UK or elsewhere?
If anyone knows how to make them from simpler chemicals, let me know.
Thanks
mr.crow - 11-1-2010 at 17:11
I am interested in glyoxylic acid too, can make vanillin with it!
Obvious answer: chemical supplier. Not big ones, maybe smaller companies or hobby science stores.
Maybe there is a procedure for oxidizing glycolic acid, that should be more widely available. Also more stable since its not an aldehyde.
JohnWW - 11-1-2010 at 19:13
One can also make vanillin from coniferyl alcohol, C10H12O3, a terpeneol, obtained from the sap of pine trees (Pinus and some other coniferous
species), by ozonolysis.